Hugo Chavez&#039;s Vulgar Cellphones

15 May 2009By James Barber

Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez is offering government-subsidized cellphones to his people but faces controversy because the handset's brand name "Vergatario" is allegedly derived from "verga," the local slang for penis. Hugo denies this, but it sounds like no one really believes him. Read more in the Guardian. (via the Awl)